Bottle-washing machine.



No. 829,734. PATENTED AUG. 28, 19,96.

P. POLNISOH. v BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED $BPT.28, 1905.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1 PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906 P. POLNISCH. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.28 .1905.

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P. POLNISOH. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPTHZS, 1905.

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PAUL POLNISUH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BoTrLE-wAsi-nne MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed September 28. 1905. Serial 1T0. 280,500-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL PoLNIsoH, a subject of the German Emperor, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a bottle-washing machine ol an improved construction which shall be capable of simultaneously washing one or any number of bottles both inside and outside, said machine also including novel means for confining the Waste water, so as to prevent its splashing beyond the limits of the machine. lifurther desire to provide a machine with washing means of such a nature that the cleansing of the bottles shall be accomplished more thoroughly, as well more uickly, than has hitherto been the case. T e above objects,

as well other advantageous icaturesof construction, I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation oi my improved bottle-washing machine. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine shown in Fig. i. Fig. 3 is an (nlargcd vertical section illustrating the detail construction of the upper bottleholding device. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the lower bottle-holding device. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the brushes for cleaning the inside of a bottle. Fig. 6- is a side elevation, partly in section and Without brushes, of the frame or basket for holding a series of bottles to be washed; and Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 6. one oi the brushes and the bracing-bar being shown in position.

in the above drawings, A represents the base of the framework on which my improved machine is carried, this being provided with a standard a, having a bearing for a counter-shaft a and supporting a vertical strut of. From each side of the front of the main l'ramc two guide-rods c extend upwardly and are united at their upper ends by a cross-frame a, which extends rearwardly and is partially supported by the strut a.

Carried on the top of the cross-frame o are two bearings for the main shal t 11/, which has fast and loose pulleys a" and o", as well as a beveled gear-wheel (1, A vertical bearing is carried by the cross-frame a, and in this and the bearing on the standard (.L is mounted the vertically-cxtending shaft o,

which is provided with a beveled gcttf'wlliftil a meshing with the beveled gear a on the mam shaft a.

A casing B is. carried upon the lower part of the main frame A and has lixed to the bot tom of its interior a series of vertical tubular spindles I). A reservoir l), formed under the casing B, is connected to the lower ends of these spindles and is also connected with. a source oi water-supply through a pipe If, provided with a valve 1)". v extend for a suitable distance above the casing I3 within casings l) and D", and each of them finally terminates within a tube 0, iorlning part of the spring-supporting devices C for the lower ends of the bottles to be washed. Said supporting devices C are bolted to the under side of a plate (Z, forming the top. of the uppermost casing l), which extends around all the spindles and telescopes with the second casing i). This latter in turn telescopes with the lowermost casing B.

Each of the devices C consists of a hollow cylinder 0, held to the plate d by means of a bolt or bolts 0 and having within it a tube 0, which is concentric with the s )indle b. The upper end of each tube 0 is angcfl to a di ameter substantially equal to that of a flanged scat-piece d, recessedto receive the mouth of a bottle and fitting in a suitable opening in the plate d. There is a hole through said seat piece d and ball-bearings cl between it and the flange of the tube 0, this latter being pressed upwardly and said piece (1 being normally retained in position in the plate (1 by means of a spring d", conlinci between the lower end of the cylinder 0 and the flange of said tube 0.

A gear-wheel a is splined to the shaft a, being movable up and down the same, but Forced by its spline to lurn with it. This gear-wheel meshes with a series of pinionsf,

The spindles if,

fixed to tubular spindlcs f, rotatably suported, as shown in Fig; 3, in suitably-placed hearings in a frame F, movable upon the guide-bars (1,", and the upper portion of this movable frame is constructed as a reservoir with which said spindles f communicate, there being a water-supply pipe f for said reservoir, as shown'in Fig. 2. The lower end of each spindlef has attached to it a bottleholderf'", shaped to engage the bottom end of a bottle and provided with spring-clipsj. Ball-bearings f are placed between each holder and bearing-plates carried on the lower face of the frame l so that it will be IIO - material, bein in addition provided with seen that revolution of the pinions f turns 1 Under operating conditions water is supt-he spindles f and with'them the bottleho'lders fiflf'ffl v The movable frame F is yieldingly connccted by springs g to two sleeyes g, re-

ispectively mounted on the guide-bars 0,

ere being a shaft 9 extending between and/ journaled in said sleeves,v so as to form a transverse frame towhich is keyed an o erating-lever g Said shaft also has fixe to ittwo cams g, placed and constructed toengage the upper surface of the movable frame F in such manner that when said lever is turned the framaF is moved downwardly relatively to the sleeves g and against the acti'on of the springs 92 A main operating-lever H is fixed to a transverse shaft 11, to which there are also fixed lever-arms, each having it one end a weight k and at the other end a link 71/, whose op osite end is attached to the lower end of a arh. These two latter bars re.- s ectively connect. .the sleeves g to the s eeves (1 which are fixed to and serve to' support the easin D. The intermediate casing D is hung v om said first casingby means of an inwardly-projectin flange at its upper end en aging an outwar lyprojecting flange on the ower edge of said first casing D. The u per ends of the connecting-bars 1L carry ooks h, so laced that they may be made to engage b0 ts a on the cross-frame uin order tojhold said rods and th attached parts in their elevated position hile the'lever g is being operated in the manner hereinafter described, although it is 'tobe i. understood that theweights h are sufficient to normally maintain the casings D and D,

together with their attached parts, as well as vated positions Without assistance.

the frame "F and the sleeves g, in their ole .Each of the spindles b carries at its upper end twov arms a, pivoted to it andto' each other, and these arms have at their upper ends brushesi, of rubber or other desired v 1 re ections i, which also assist in the cleanng'of the inside of abottle. derstood that suitable outlets for water are 5 each of which consists of 'ar'to'p template-f endbolts j, by w provided in the u per ends of the-spindles b ,ffThe machine illustrated and described is equipped .for. the simultaneouscleansing or i eight ottles, and it is my intention to sup .Iport-such bottles in two baskets or frames J, plate y, a-bot- 'ch said' two -;li1ates'are';vconnected. "In addition I- fix on basket a series of brushes j 'one for each ihottle, iandi jso shaped as to'a" proximately meoi1fQr atoxthe outside sur ace thereof.

"@hesejbrushes are carried on screws 9'", which pass through suitably-threaded lugs j? in the; two latesof the-frame, so as-to permit saidv I es tobe adjustedso asto properly-en'- 6 g gagegthe surfacejof the lbetties 'to be washed.w

.theplate' d, after which the lever g ispulie same. After any desired number ofosciiiarf tions of the lever H;]Vl'll0l1 cause the inside It will be u'n frame; substantially. as described.-

plied through the pipes b and f to the reser- 1 voirs b and f and two frames J, filled witha suitable number of bottles, are placeduponyj forward, so as to force themovable nam F down relatively to the sleeves g, which held in their proper positions bythe hooks}- h", having been put in engagement with theirl. bolts a. The bottle-holdersf -are thuseae hi made to grip one of the bottles Whose lower end or mouth is engaged by a seat-pieced the spring ,0? yielding so as to permit of each bottle being clam ed tightly betweenitsseata piece and said ho der f i Power is now, ap-. 8o plied to the shaft a, and the bottlesare caused to turn on their verticalaxes by the revolution of the spindles f, preferably at about six hundred revolutions per minute. a If the lever H be now operated, (the hooks k? 85 being first released from their ho'lding-bolts,) the two casings D and D, together with the N movable frame F andsleeves g, are moved; down, with the result that the brushes earf-" ried by the s indles b are made to enter the- Q various bott es, it being noted that the two pivotedarms carried by each spindle move outwardly under the action 0 gravity as soon as they enter a bottle,; causing the brushes carried by them to engage and thor-ig J oughly cleanse every part of the interior thereof By means of a well-known device the throwing of the lever H' rnayb'e made to operate the valve b, so thahwater'is supplied 1 to both reservoirs I) andf and'fiows through ro'o thehollow spindles b to the interior of the bottles, being also delivered through the spindles f to the bottoms of the bottles; so; as to fiow over their exterior surfaoes/fihd thereby assist the-brushes 'j fto cleansei-qthef' brushes to reach all parts of the bottles, said I lever is returned to its normal position,thereby-cutti'ngofi the watersuppiy, after which no the driving-belt is thrown onto the loose pui-. ley.-. The lever g is then returned to its ver tic-a1 position, thereby permitting the springs.

g to raise the'frame Ftoward the sleevesg, releasing the bottles and the frame J, wi'iioh :15

Y may then be removed and replaeedfby am other frame containing. other bottles to be' washed. t

I claim as my invention. i V 1;Abottle-washingniachinefhaving-asuportin drama mechanism movable on s'aid p irame or holding andv washing abottle, with a casing'inclesing the lower" 'ortionoi said mechanism, and made ina 1p urality' oi: sec-. jl tions constructed toftelescope one with an other when said mechanism is moved onis i 2.fA bottle-washing machine-having meek anism for-holding and washi iga'bottle', .th w e nes re w ds t a are scares bular spindle, a plate for the reception of the mouth of a bottle, a telescoping casing depending from the plate and surrounding the spindle, means for supplying water to the spindle, and means for moving the bottle and casing up and down relatively to the spindle, 51

substantially as described.

4. In a bottle-washing machine, the c'om- 'bination of a supporting-frame, a second frame i honably carried on said supportingframe and naving means for enga end ofa bottle, a plate for enga ing t e opposite erld of the bottle, a spindde, means for moving the second frame to clamp the bottle in position, other means for moving said sec- 0nd frame with the bottle-engaging plate to 'cause the 3 indie to be entered into the bottle, and: a evice for holding, said bottle-engaging plate fromimoving downwardly when said second frame is moved to clam a bottle in position, substantiall as descri ed.

5.;The combination in a bottlerwashing machine, of a su porting frame having idebars, a second ame movable on said supporting-frame having means for engaging one end of a bottle, a plate having means for en gaging the opposite end (if the bottle, means for moving said plate on the guide-bars, a spindle having a brush and constructed to enter a bottle engaged by said plate when the latter is moved on said guide-bars, a structure consisting of connected sleeves yieldingly attached to the second frame and also connected to the plate, means for moving the second frame independently of the plate, other means for simultaneously moving said second frame and late, with means for holding said plate and sleeves stationary. when the second frame is moved independently thereof, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a bottle-washing machine, of a supporting-frame, two independent structures thereon for holding a bot tle, of which one includes a spindle having a bottle-holder for turning the bottle on its longitudinal axis, means including a second spindle for washing the interior of the bottle,

*neans for moving the said two structures to g one moving the bottle-supporting structures up} and down to cause entrance of the first s in- I cause the entrance of the second spindle into the bottle, with driving means for the first spindle including a device constructed to rotate the same irrespective of the position of the bottle-carrying structures on their supportin -frame, substantially as described.

7. he combination in a bottle-washing machine, of a supporting-frame, two structures thereon for supporting a bottle and movable relatively to each other, a brushcarr *ing spindle for cleaning theinterior of the ottle, said bottle-s11 porting structures includin a second spindle for turning the bottle a out its longitudinal-axis, a-gearon, said second spindle, a shaft: substantially parallel to said spindle having splined on it a 1 second gear meshing with said first gear, means for driving said shaft, and means for dle into the bottle, substantially as descri ed.

8. The combination in a bottle-washing machine, of a supportingrframe, a late guided thereon having ,a'. weighted ever whereby it is maintained in a definite position, asecond frame movable on the supporting-framers transverse frame guided on the sup orting-frame and'rigidly connected to em plate, a spring or springs connecting sald transverse frame and the second frame, a lever having means for moving said second frame in opposition to the spring. or springs to clamp a ottle between i the plate, means for simultaneously moving the second frame and the plate, and means for simulj taneously washing the inside and outside-of a bottle clamped between the plate and said second frame, substantially as described. 9. The combination ina. bottle-washing machine, of a supporting-frame, means for holding and turning a bottle, means for washing the interior of the bottle, a basket structure independent of the machine-flamecon structed to support a bottle and having a brush placed to engage .the exterior surface of such bottle, and means for sup lying water to the exterior of the bottle, su stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL PoLN IseH.

Witnesses:

Wanna CHIsM, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

